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Whaling far
from over
It could take more than
two years for the
International Court of
Justice to rule on
Australia's bid to stop
Japanese whaling in the
Southern Ocean.
Environment Minister
Peter Garrett is unable to
say how long it will take
the case to be finalised
and how much it will cost.
US calls in
Hollywood
Federal US officials are
hoping film director James
Cameron can help them
come up with ideas on how
to stop the disastrous oil
spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The director was among a
group of experts who met
with Environmental
Protection Agency officials
for a brainstorming
session on stopping the
BP oil leak.
Cameron is considered an
expert on underwater
filming and remote vehicle
technologies.
Psychics pinged
They should have seen it
coming. A text-message
psychic is the first mobile
subscription operator to be
issued with a formal
warning by the
communications watchdog
for failing to provide a
customer helpline.
Crystal's Gifted Psychics
was investigated by the
Australian
Communications and
Media Authority last
October. As part of the
Mobile Premium Services
Code introduced in 2009,
all service providers must
publish a helpline in their
advertising for customers
who want to unsubscribe
or complain about a
service.
The giant hole in the middle
of Guatemala City that
swallowed a house and a
three-storey building could
have been forming for
thousands of years,
scientists say.
This sinkhole just opened up
after Tropical Storm Agatha
hit central America, claiming
at least 170 lives.
Conspiracy theories are
already circling on the
internet about the sinkhole,
including a UFO invasion.
However, scientists say the
gaping hole -- which
swallowed a clothing factory
-- is more simply explained.
Sinkholes occur when
groundwater percolates
through layers of rock in the
Earth's crust, dissolving it
and forming a series of
underground caves.
Malcolm Cox, a
hydrogeologist at the
Queensland University of
Technology, said that if the
caves became bigger and
extended up towards the
surface they could make the
ground unstable and
eventually collapse,
swallowing the surface soil -
and anything on top of it.
The sinkhole in Guatemala
City, which formed below
the northern part of the
capital city, was probably
triggered by tropical storm
Agatha, which has
devastated the region.
''When you get these heavy
storms and cyclones that
put a lot of water into the
drainage system they might
wash into these [caves] and
erode the top of the cave,
''
said Associate Professor
Cox. ''[Then] it propagates
upwards to the surface and
all falls in.
''
A local newspaper reported
that only one person was
killed.
The storm has left
thousands homeless in
Central America. Dozens of
people are still missing and
emergency crews are
struggling to reach isolated
communities cut off by
washed-out roads and
collapsed bridges.
Rural villagers used hoes
and pick axes to hunt for
victims. In El Salvador,
11,000 people were
evacuated and 95 per cent
of roads affected by
landslides. -- Fairfax/AAP
Factory swallowed
by sinkhole
Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife,
Tipper, are separating after 40 years of
marriage.
AL AND TIPPER GORE SPLIT